Motorcyclist found dead in Mission Valley

MISSION VALLEY  A 57-year-old motorcyclist was found dead early Friday in an apparent crash on a freeway ramp in Mission Valley, authorities said.

The Medical Examiner's Office on Saturday identified him as Joseph Clinton Evans of El Cajon. The California Highway Patrol initially said he was from Ravendale in Northern California.

A passerby saw the man lying on a guardrail in the middle of a tight curve of lanes leading from northbound state Route 163 to westbound Interstate 8 and Hotel Circle, said California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez.

The CHP was notified at 2:15 a.m. Sanchez said it wasn’t clear when the accident happened.

He said the man had been riding a 2001 Harley Davidson. There was no sign that the motorcycle had been struck by any other vehicles, Sanchez said.